Coin-controlled vending-machine.



. STIRISS.

COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED AUG.30| I917.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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J. STIRISS.

com CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30, I917- 1,273,013. Patented .Iuly16,1918.

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following is a 4 specificatibn.

JACOB. s rmlss, 0E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

oonvscoiwi ol tsn VENDING-MACHINE.

' Specificatiohof Letters Batent.

Apmmaeon-fimauu -ust 30,1917; Serial No.'188,885

To all 'z vhom i't may conaem;

Be it knownthat IQJACOHSTIRISS; a-citizen of theUnitedS-tates; and resident-0f Br00klyn,in";the county of Kings and Staterof New Ydrky haveinvented "certain new and usefulImprovementsdm Coin- Co'ntrolled Vending-Machines, I Qf which the This invention reIatestOcOi'n c'entrcllied vending machines end; especially" to mechines-admpted to automatically dispense und'sell "smell articles such as cakes bf candy, chewing gum;- boXes of "matches and like'commodities-aild its-Object ism-oversome serious object-ions iuniachines ofthis character vvhere the articles ma'y b'ere leased byimitation and'defective coins or Wires and tools while its-parts may be simple and substentiai1,-as vvill' benlore' fully described in the fol-lowing specificetin set forth in appended claims eiidi'llustrated in the accompanying draWi-ngs',- wherein Fig-ure 1 is af-ront view cfthec'orhplete device,

Fig; 2 shows" theinterior-With the frcnt removed. i

4 Fig. 3 is a side view with the "cover broken away. i

Fig: 4 is a view "of the oppcsite side.

7 Fig; 5 is a vertical; sectibriel view with thep'artsjjiri their normal position and a coin dropped therein; V Fig. 6 is a similar view 'after the'parts have performed their initial inCW'eInen't. Y

7 i a sid viewwi hi ip rts in their final positiqn; I

Fi 8 is"a"S ect1OIIal view thrcugh the toni .taining chutevviththe partset'rest-i Fig. 9f1s' a; s1

i 10 'shovvsthejperts their delivering' position at thejother's idebf the chute;

Fig. 11" 'is'e detail of the coin stop. Fig-12 is a detail' ofthe coinrest.

ii-m secti'chal mew vvith I the 'partsdelivering an article released; 1 V

retentee'July 16,1918.

may, be r'elied u pon to cause thevarious partsto perform their functions ,The'casin'g '16 has grooves-at its sidest'o receive the edges "of it back 'plstte 17 tq which istsecured by a tongue 18 and spring fingers '18 thecchute 19 in which is deposited 'he articles to be vended and 011 Which-is'phic'ed a Weighted f'cllovver 20 having a lip'f2l adapted to engage the lOWer end 5515f a lever 23 having a barrier 24 to obstruct e and I refvent"the operation o f'the device when the supply f 'the ccmmcdity is exhausted. The said sup'-' ply issupported fed 'outward sepa- T ratelyby a tilting' shelf '25 Whose operation Will be more fully explained hereinafter,

"' In the upper side of 'the cover 16 is a'slot 26gfor the insertion cf the coin, but the lat- "ter cannotenter the'chute 27' until-the barrier"28;is' pushed aside by. the coin. This barrier is o'filyoperated by a coin ofthe v proper size mlclby means of a stud 29, also retains the chute 27 I depressed position untilthereleese'bf the said barrier is 'e ifected es shown in' 'Figs.

and plunger 30 v in their hand 6..

Thisis' toevoid injury'to =or the'ftearing t of clothes in;,crovvded places which result fromthe plunger projecting at zill'times. M "VVh8I1 the coin C is dropped into the slot 26 'it'fpasses down the chute 27 and lodges on'the rear end'cf the coin rest 31 "fitted toslide in the slot "32 bf a' movable box 33 endre'sting on the end '34:. of the tilting shelf 25. This shelfs'vvings on ember 35 carried by'the sides of the delivery box pr per pcsition bythesprings 37 at the left hand side iiof the zipparetus', and whcse up per end isconnected with Oneend 'of the "36 and the said shelfis returned to' its q lever 38 pivotedbnthe plate 17- ahd Whose jpther end'is lodged in; a socket inthe chute v 271 and also tends tO'Praise'ittO its'normal position.

7 The spring 37 isfree, and performs thedouble I functicn iof' returning the par s" to their horflialgp'csitibhs after the After the coin has 5 ree cheld the bfth'e' chute 27- the;inclined-reap.end 5 ot the rest, 31 combined with the'jhee-rt shejped recesses"- et the beckcauses the 06in t6 I the lower end of the plunger is caused by a cam slot 40, Fig. 7, to'swing inward and engage the coin at its center. The rear end of the coin finds l'odgment in the recess 32 in the rear wall. 3

neath the nose will remain there and block any further operation of the device until the plunger isfurther depressed and the coin carries the box 33 down until the end 7 34E of the shelf 25 is rocked andone of the articles dropped intothe delivery'hopper .43,Fig.'9. f

V The .end 34 retards the box. 33 from fur- :ther movement butthe chute continues to descend until. its cam. faced endsttv engage the sides 4:5. of thecoin rest and force, it outward. The box is inclosed byrside guides 4c2'in Which the lever 421s pivoted and its ,upper ends have the cam faces 44: whichplay against the sides 45 of therest 31:.and force it out: from; under -the coinv when the. box

reaches itslowest point. The coin rest 31', Flg. 1 2,hasan opening o wideaenough to permit thepassagevof the coin but its ledges prcventsuch passage until-therest has been forced outward; The coinduring this 3 I the coin'through theopening 4:6 and itdrops guard 51.-

operation is held in a transverse position by theffing'ers 48 punched inward from the-sides of the box .33 and whenfthe ledges 47 are removed the pressure of the finger 39 forces into the coin box 49. The coin is prevented from being flipped int-o the chute50by a In casea small washer or-disk is dropped into the chute 27 it will be of-less diameter than theopening' 46 and drop through.;. A washer will not'operate the mechanism ,because the finger '3 9will-pass through its perforation without resistance while worn coins and thindisks will pass down; the chute '50. and into the delivery box 36.

Since the openingbetween 52 -and is 'just wide enough to permit only "perfect coins to stop and'g drop to the transverse position, the.

- worn coin or diskwilleitherfall or wedge in the ,f opening and the plunger will 1 then cause the camfl l' to move the coin rest ontwardand permit; any obstruction to .fall

:. throughL .Asabove referred to, when ft-he a at heses-.

chutesl9is cinptyv the barrier 24 is thrown ac s-the thr a of the c u 27 a. h w-n in dotted lines in Fig. 6 and the eoin held ther pa fle si nte ie X; 1i'- a 5 After the vended; has; beenidropped i d falls up i ag i le plate 52 the... has, endai t re. r

, l: T chil lamest-be a ily idw'il l fromthe scope of the appendedv claims i @,1 -gl/Vhat}I -c1aim 5 J 1.{ In; a coin controlled; end ng.

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Any one of thearticles which has been fed 7 I outward by the above described operation I t V I falls to the mouth of the box 36 to be re- Thecoinhas been resting on the nose 41 of a lever 42 and on being forced down bemoved by the purchaser. The keeper has a springfit at itsf-ront side to prevent its rapid forward movement.

tween theshelf 25 and the keeper 53 to capse them to. move in un son and whlch consists of a plate 55 adapted to be depressedby the stud 56 of. the shelf 25 which playsin a slot 5 7,to depress the plate'and whose cam slot 58 has. playing in it thepin 59 proj ecting from the side of the keeper 53 adjacent: its trunnion 60. Guides 61 and 6 2 reta1n the plate ,55 against the side of the boxand means maybe provided to lock the cover 16 to the frame 63 of the outlet to the-box 36. At thefront ondof theshelf 25 are fingers 25. .which IlClGg-lllldflf the-next to the last article in the chute when the shelf is tipped j j and support theremaining articles as the last one slides'from theshelf as shown in Fig. 9. It will be observed that these fi ly gers move on an arc of which the rod 35 is the center and its movement is therefore thecoin as at.66 to allow the coinwhich has 3;,

passed down it to drop forward as above described, because ityi's evident that a square or an oblong disk must pass throughgthe' chute WithOutrjoperating -the mechanism.

The lever- 42' h'asa spring 67at its pivotal I point which causes it to eXerta cont-inual pressure agamst the coin rest 3lbyqmeans of thesideifin ersfi8 that lie in recess 69 at r b r the outer end of the rest,'and.1oel ;.tl 1e box-.33 again-st downward movement-by engaging projections 66 on the box 'ias will see' in Fig; 5; but releaseftheIb'oX-- when jthe 'coi n forces baekthe lever 42 -asshown; TTI'QF new articles .when the icover i s removed;

obvious thatthe parts may.beotherwlsean ranged or modified without departing from the essent al features; above described .1 and theomb n i 50f normall ret in d; in, its more. tire position by 7 .one enc V, of the sfpri 7g h and plung r 61d. v be-Lethe a all 1 thef,.spring;inresepHeleneinoperaearaiposy 12a? 7 it i itionsfand means operated? "by the plunger i "whenxtl er'coin is interposed to tilt the delivery shelf;

2. Ina" 'oin controlled vending device,the

combination. with ai spring under tension, of

a shelf supporting a column of 'artrcles' to be H vended and retaindin itsv supporting posi- :tion by 'one end of said 'spring, sliding means adapted to support a coin'and' tilt tlieshelf,

a plunger normally retained in an elevated return them to their normal positions.

4- In a coin controlled vending device, the combination with a box adapted to slide vertically, of a coin rest sliding horizontally in the same, a plunger, a coin chute on the plunger and adapted to deliver the coin to the rest, a finger at the lower end of the plunger to engage the coin, a shelf supporting the articles to be vended and adapted to deliver one at a time, means connecting the box with the shelf to tip the latter when the box moves down, means for withdrawing the rest to release the coin, and a spring connecting the shelf and the plunger to return them to their normal position.

5. In a coin controlled vending device, the

combination with a box adapted to move. downward, of a coin rest adapted to slide across the box and having an opening, a plunger above the coin rest, a chute adapted to deliver'the coin to the rest, a finger at the lower end of the plunger adapted to engage the coin, and push it with the box downward, cams adapted to slide the rest so that the coin will fall through the opening, a

shelf for the articles to be vended and adapted to be tilted by the boxto deliver one of the articles, and a spring connected with the shelf to return it and the box to their normal positions when thecoin is released and the plunger to its original place.

6. In a coin controlled vending device, the combination with a chute carrying articles to be vended, of a tilting shelf adapted to carry the articlesv and deliver one-of them at each operation, a keeper adapted to release the article, a box impinging one side of the shelf and adapted to tilt it, a coin rest sliding in the box, a chute adapted to deliver acoin to the rest, a plunger with a finger to engage the coin and push the box and the rest downward to tilt the shelf, cams displacingthe rest when the box reaches its downward limit and releasing the coin, a

lever locking the coin during the downward movement, and a spring connecting the plunger and the shelf to retur-n'the'm to their normal positions,

' 7. In a coin controlled vending device, the combination with a box adapted to more up and down, ofa' coin rest sliding across the -bo x,"-a'lever locking the box and restoring the rest to its normal position, stationary cams shifting the 'rest, a plunger with a finger to engage the coin and push the box and rest downward, a tilting shelf supporting the articles to be vended, and operated by the box, a keeper operating in conjunction with the shelf, and a spring connecting the shelf and the plunger to return them and their connecting parts to a normal position.

8. In a coin controlled vending device, the combination with a chute for carrying the articles to be vended, of a tilting shelf at the lower end of the same, fingers on the shelf adapted to separate the articles, a keeper normally closing the outlet of the chute, means connecting the shelf and keeper to cause them to operate together, a downwardly moving box adapted to tilt the shelf, a coin rest in the box, a plunger and finger to engage the coin on the rest, and a spring under tension connected at one end to the plunger to retract it and connected to the shelf at the other end to restore it to its normal position.

9. In a coin controlled vending device, the combination with a casing with an outlet at its front and a slot in its top, of a coin chute beneath the slot, a transverse coin rest with an opening at the lower end of the chute, a barrier adapted to be thrown across the end of the chute, a chute for the articles to be sold, a follower adapted to operate the barrier when the supply of articles is exhausted, a downwardly moving box carrying the coin rest, a shelf supporting the articles and having an end adapted to be depressed by the box, a plunger operating above the coin rest, and a spring to return the plunger and the shelf.

10. In a coin controlled vending device, the combination with a casing having an outlet and a slot, of a chute terminating at the outlet, a shelf closing the chute and supporting the articles to be vended, a keeper operating with the shelf and normally closing the outlet, a plunger comprising a coin chute and a finger, means for locking the plunger in an inoperative position, a spring attached at one end to the shelf, a lever attached to the other end of the spring and adapted to force the plunger upward, a downwardly moving box, a transverse coin rest in the box, a lever adapted to lock the ated, an end on the shelf adapted to be tilted by the box as it is moved downward by the plunger, and means for releasing the coin from the rest so that the box and shelf may resume their former positions.

11. In a coin controlled vending machine, the combination with a casing having a slot in the top, of a coin rest transversely disposed beneath theslot, means for turning the 10 coin from a vertical to a horizontal position,

and delivery means at thefbottom of the 15 chute and operated by theb'ox. I

Signed at New York, in the countyo of' New York and State of New York this 27 day of August, A. D. 1917.

' JACOB STIRISS.

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